Is cargo_metadata safe to use?

cargo_metadata has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.23.1). DepScope rates its health at 75/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of cargo_metadata?

The latest version of cargo_metadata is 0.23.1, released 2025-11-12.

Does cargo_metadata have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of cargo_metadata.

Is cargo_metadata deprecated?

No, cargo_metadata is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.23.1 (2025-11-12).

What are alternatives to cargo_metadata?

Popular alternatives to cargo_metadata in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

What license does cargo_metadata use?

cargo_metadata is licensed under MIT.

cargo_metadata

cargov0.23.1

structured access to the output of `cargo metadata`

License MITpermissive70 versions0 deps34,614,116 weekly dl

oli-obk/cargo_metadata

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 75/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.8/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

2

Contributors (12m)

11

Primary author dominance

51%

GitHub stars

209

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.75critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

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API access

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